Re: Using xsl:apply-templates with xsl:with-param

["Sebastian Rahtz" <sebastian dot rahtz at computing-services dot oxford dot ac dot uk>]

Ron Ten-Hove writes:
 > How is xsl:with-param supposed to work from within an xsl:apply-templates
 > element?  The recommendation doesn't seem to actually spell it out, other
 > that saying it is allowed.  Consider the following:

...
 >             <xsl:apply-templates>
 >                 <xsl:with-param name="param">List</xsl:with-param>
 >             </xsl:apply-templates>
 >         </root>

if you say

  <xsl:apply-templates select="doc/chapter">

It has the result you expect. This is because the step from <root> to
<doc> to <chapter> is by separate (implicit) <xsl:apply-templates>
 rules, and the parameter is not passed through automatically. It
passes to the next level (when <doc> is processed), but there is no
reason for it to be passed by <doc> to <chapter>.

<xsl:apply-templates/> does not process all the descendants, despite
appearances. 

Sebastian Rahtz


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